Beast Modon

Apologies if this review has formatting errors at all or just seems like a bad review in general, this is the first review I've written that I used more than 5% of my effort on. After playing and beating this game, I've come to the conclusion that I cannot recommend this game to other players. This is not to say you shouldn't buy it. Go ahead and buy it if you want to, I bought it even after playing the free version on the App Store and still having the same opinion about it then. Just be warned that this game is going to frustrate you in numerous ways. Some key details: [h1]The Visuals[/h1] The visuals are obviously the first thing to talk about. It has this hand-drawn style to it which I don't hate at all, but some of the sprites in the same tend to have these stray pixels that branch off them, as if you used one of the brush tools in MS Paint and then used the fill bucket, it's kind of an eyesore. Sometimes the graphics might even be cropped abruptly. While playing the game, some ...

This is a side-scrolling shooter with some retro feel and a few things I haven't seen before. The basic gameplay is as expected:move right and shoot anything that moves and some things that don't. The weapon choice is nice because one can switch between different weapons mid-game. The difficulty ramps up well, but has the dark souls quality of no saves right in front of boss rooms and the knowledge that until you know every pattern you are going to be throwing lives at your problems. The art style gives a hand-drawn look to a genre that I see more 8 or 16 bit games for. This can be fun at times and confusing at others. I'm not entirely sure what I destroyed in some levels but if my bullets collide I'm going to keep firing. The level design is fun in that it stays interesting and each level is given at least some context by the overall story. Also the bosses are well designed and fun to fight although the battles can run a bit long with most bosses having a fairly simple pattern. T...